It didn’t take long for former Asbury Park City Manager John “Jack” Kelly to find a new job. On Tuesday, he started work as acting administrator of the City of Newark. The appointment by Mayor Ras Baraka is subject to the approval of the city council. Until then, Kelly will serve in an acting capacity. […]

The incoming city council has announced it will not reappoint City Manager Jack Kelly [above] after they take office on January 1. As a result of a change of government referendum approved by voters last year, a new council was elected this past November and various key positions have to be reappointed after January 1. […]

Asbury Park city officials are looking to see if their professional staff is producing the most bang for the city’s buck. Under the direction of the city council, the administration issued a request for qualifications Monday for several positions to see what else is available in the current market. Positions include the city’s labor attorney, […]

The city has collected an additional $737,000 in beach and parking revenue so far this year, in comparison to last year’s totals, according to city records. Beach revenue totals are up $183,348, from $1,110,165 last year to $1,293,523 this year, city records show. The roughly sixteen percent increase does not include surplus from prior years […]

An audit requested by city officials has uncovered more billing deficiencies in regard to payment in lieu of tax [PILOT] agreements on downtown apartment buildings. The city failed to properly bill close to $282,000 worth of property taxes on the Griffin and Post apartment buildings, according to city manager John “Jack” Kelly. The total amount of […]

City officials are in the midst of reviewing sections of agreements drawn up with waterfront redevelopers that outline developers’ responsibilities to hire local workers and purchase local building products. The agreements with master waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners [majority owned by iStar Financial] and boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette contain language that the developers make efforts to […]

People who had Friday appointments at Asbury Park Municipal Court were greeted in the lobby of municipal hall and told they would be mailed instructions to come back at a later date, since there was no electricity in the municipal complex. A possible electrical surge from a late afternoon lightning storm is being blamed for […]

[UPDATE: A previous version of this article listed the hours of operation as 5 p.m. to 2:30 am. The hours have since been changed. They are now 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. This article has been updated to reflect that change.]   Free parking on Wednesdays has come to an end, but weekend visitors to […]

Downtown Asbury Park developer Sackman Enterprises is disputing the start date for five years’ worth of payments to the city owed on the Steinbach’s building. The calculations are a year off, Sackman said, and the difference in payment is about $100,000 less than the city claims. The amounts in dispute are owed under a payment […]

A majority of the city’s residents may not be recycling, according to Councilman John Moor. The city collects recycling on a once-weekly basis, and when Moor puts his cans out he notices few of the homes within the area are doing the same. “To me, 80 percent of the town is not recycling,” he said. […]